Gregg Renkes

Mr. Renkes joined the firm of Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & Mackinnon as Of Counsel in March, 2005 bringing with him extensive experience and expertise in the areas of federal energy and natural resources policy. His practice is focused in these areas. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Renkes served as the State of Alaska's fifteenth Attorney General. Mr. Renkes also served as one of six Trustees of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Fund managing the proceeds of the EXXON Valdez oil spill settlement and as one of six Trustees on the Board of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation which manages a public fund in excess of $30 billion. In addition, Mr. Renkes served on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Attorney's General. Prior to taking office as Alaska Attorney General, Mr. Renkes worked on energy, natural resource and American Indian law and policy in both the public and private sectors. He has been a frequent speaker on energy and natural resources policy and served as President of The Renkes Group, Ltd., an energy project development and public policy consulting firm. In that capacity he advised national and international corporations on nuclear energy and utility law and policy, assisted national and Alaska businesses with oil and gas, mining, tourism and timber development projects, and worked with Indian tribes and Alaska Native corporations. Mr. Renkes also worked in the United States Senate from 1987 -1998. He served as the Majority Staff Director of the U. S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 1995 - 1998. Before leading the Committee staff, Mr. Renkes worked as Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel to U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski (R-AK). During his tenure as U.S. Senate staff Mr. Renkes worked on a broad range of federal energy and natural resource policy matters. Mr. Renkes coordinated the 1992 and 1998 Alaska political campaigns to re-elect Senator Frank Murkowski to his third and fourth terms in the U.S. Senate and the successful Murkowski 2002 Alaska gubernatorial campaign. Mr. Renkes worked as staff to the 1996 Republican National Convention Platform Committee and drafted the section of the Republican Platform addressing energy and environment issues. More recently, he assisted the 2000 Republican National Convention Platform Committee on energy policy issues and was named to the Bush/Cheney Transition Advisory Committees for the Department of Energy and the Department of the Interior. Mr. Renkes also served on the Executive Committee for the Republican Attorney's General Association. General Renkes holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, Colorado, a Masters of Science degree from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, and a Bachelors of Arts degree from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Alaska.